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The 1970 fire season underscored the need for a national set of training and equipment standards which would be standardized across the different agencies. NWCG included representatives from the United States Forest Service , the Bureau of Land Management , the National Park Service , the Bureau of Indian Affairs , the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
In 2017, the campaign launched new videos and artwork inspired by Smokey Bear posters to continue to raise awareness of lesser-known wildfire starts. The new artwork was created by Brian Edward Miller, Evan Hecox, Janna Mattia, and Victoria Ying, portraying Smokey Bear in each of their unique styles. [64]
In wildland fire suppression in the United States, S-130/S-190 refers to the basic wildland fire training course required of all firefighters before they can work on the firelines. Wildland fire training in the U.S. has been standardized by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group since the 1970s. The same basic courses are given across all ...
A member of the Ventana Hotshots works to keep fire out of a tree canopy during backfiring operations on the Monument Fire. In the United States, a Shot Crew, officially known as an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC), is a team of 20-25 elite wildland firefighters that mainly respond to large, high-priority fires across the country and abroad. They ...
In 2006, 2007 and 2010 the IAWF, with the National Wildfire Coordinating Group and other organizations, put on conferences covering the latest innovations in wildland fire management practices—success stories as well as lessons learned, collaboration opportunities, cutting edge advances in wildland fire sciences, current and potential future ...
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS) is an agency within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.Founded in 1906 with a focus on wildland fire suppression and fire protection, the Forest Fire Service is the largest firefighting department within the state of New Jersey in the United States with 85 full-time professional firefighting personnel (career civil service positions ...
10 August – a fire on the Noteć Forest burned 6,000 ha (15,000 acres) of forest. 26 August – Kuźnia Raciborska fire: on a fire in and around Kuźnia Raciborska destroyed 90.62 km 2 (34.99 sq mi) of forest and killed two firefighters. [13] 2020: A fire in the Biebrza National Park burned 6,000 ha of forest.
Wildfire burning in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona, United States, in 2020.The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest.. A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.